(n
Photograph
from
U.S.Bureau
ofFisheries
A IIERD OF ALASKAN FUR-SEAL
After being sadly disseminated by indiscriminate slaughter at sea, the herd has been rapidly recuperating
under
theinfluence
ofaninternational
agreement, and soon the fur-seals may be as numerous as when they came into the possession of the United
States
Government
with
thepurchase
of
Alaska (see text, page 549).